Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-24
FOURTH EDITION
THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.

the Enxluo E1OuAobs
Tue annual inspection OF the houses
and apparatus OF the Fire Department.
took place iast evening, and the Fire
Committee, with the invited guests, !
met at the City Hall at T. 80 o'clock aud |
were tab on 10 carriages TO every engine |
house In the city. The party consisted |
of William Il. Blake, chairman CT she |
committee; John N. Newell, Thos. b,
Brison and Samuel Chambers. II ii.
| raylo the other member OF the COM
mittee, WAS not present. They were
sccom panied by Chief Engineer Swee.
ney, First Assistant MoFaddep, Second
| Assistant LOOMS, Superintendent OIL
Fire Alarm Telegraph Aydon, Line
man Haley and representatives OF the
| REPUBLICAN,, Every Evening aud
Morning News.
Before starting on the round OF thel
| different engine houses the party
Visited the battery room OF the Fire.
A larm Telegraph in tho basement OIL
| the City Hall, ald found everything in
| fiIsB class order. There are now 1S6
cells, so having been added during the
| year. Tho efficiency OF this branch OF
the service has also been greatly IN.
creased By the Introduction OF insulated
| " ire, of vhick two miles are now in
use. This wire is especially useful 10
| localities where the wires pass through
or close TO trees, as it prevents sli dan
ger of breaking the circuit by contact
| with the limbs and obvistes tile mo
&C salty OF cutting the trees. An indica-
Tor has also been placed In the room,
and ons in each engine house in the
city. The COM r1ittee have also had
aonRs placed in tho bed room OF the
diver az the Fatae and Weccacoe
houses.
Alter leaving the battery room the
party were driven TO the Fri5ndehip
gine house OF Tenth and Ship ey
streets. This company las tine house.,
one steam engine, ono hose cart and
three horses, one of which, "Tom," Is
~ years old, bat is still as spirited and
active as q colt. A test " ~ made, and
when the gong was struck the stable
doors flew open IS II by magic, and the
faithful animals came rushing out and
took their places, one 81 the hose cart
aud the other two at the engine. In
exactly Is seconds one man at each ap
paratas had the horses fully harnessed
and ready for start. Another trial re.
u ted In the work being done in II
seconds, ard the third snd last trial
was made with the gas Turned down,
OQt lhb lbOuAChA bib Ii WSp LtA uNH
The autom alto trip not only opened tue
stable doors, but also turned mp The ase,
the entire work, haruessing and al
being done in 10 seconds. All the en-
CINE houses in the cliy are now fur
: | nished with these trips, and Also with
D an arrangement IN thu floor for light
, ing the Are under the boiler OF tht
engine.
. The Phr1ix house at Twelfth and
: King streets wGs the next visited. Thu
company has a splendid house, two
stories high, one steam engine, ono host
cart, 1910 feet OF hose and one horse
The total valne OF tseir property rea
and persoual 10 St3,750, aud there arr
lib mem GERS. The company lie now
Q practically out of service, IS their en-
CINE horses were 60 badly injured IL
responding to an alarm of ire ovei
Eleventh street bridge on the night o.
tho Goth of last September, by collidin6
With lot of building material in th'
- street, that they were totally ruined
The only way in which the COMPANY
can no go in service is by tn
the other companies, after they ge
a their own apparatus to fire, sendiu
their horses to taEe the Phoenix appsr
asus. This was GDe case at the time o
, the Are Mt the Bradford building a shor
time ago. Some action should be tag e
at once to supply the company with
pair OF horses, az they are iocat I'd IN
section OF the city where their service
may be needed at any moment.
y Tney, the same as all the compsnie
/. except the Washington, have a hanC
somely furnished paIlor on the secon
n floor, Immediately back OF which 10 IL
reading room. They have library to
Y. erably well supplied with useful ar
interesting books, and will he thankfi
. for as many more as their friends ma
choose TO SEND them.
The party then proceeded to the hou
Of the Delaware Truck Company,
Sixth AID French streets. This con
pauy has fine house, one truck wit
extension ladder 86 feet long. aad Eeve
other ladders OF various lengths, wi
fire extDguishers. a fire escape al
three horses, their entire property beil
valued az $i4, BIS The horses have
feet to pass over between the stall
doors ard the truck, but notwithstan
ing this the three VI ere harnesisd by o
man and ready to go out In one mint
and sig seconds from the time the alaI
was struck. On the second trial
time was red uced to one minute 3
four seconds, while on the third and Il
trial, when two men fastened the hi
ness, everything was In readiness
leave the house in 46 seconds from
time the gong struck.
The splendid new house of the L
lance Company at Fourth and Lol
board streets, IVES next visited, "a
every thing found in apple pie orc
This company, in addition to th'
houae, own q steam engine, which "
throw $50 gallons Of water IN minu
one hose cart, three horses, 100 feet
hoae and SO mem bers. TheiI proper
is valued ut $4,000 Both the hor'
used In the engine Wac purch ased gu
raoently,and consequently are NOT fu
~ broke min. Still on the first TRIAL tn
were hook ed up in % seconds and
the second in 16 seconds, The par
on the second floor is EnsgIiiioeh
:. furnished, and In the front part hs,
IL large plate glass mirror, while one 81
OF the wall is ornamented with = lal
frame, containing portraits of the me
"a h0rs of Reliance Company No. 3,
III Bethlehem, Pa. The drivers room
~ i'm 10 eoiately back Of the parlor, 8
contains comfortable bed and OF
OF furniture. The meeting room on
,,4 third floor is large, and well arran
20, Tor tie puIp0ae, white back OF Il
store room and reel for drying the ~
The hose used on the hose cart i
years old, and has been in selvic
care.
Tee next point was the Washing
Company's house, on French street
tween Third and Fourth streets.
company have fine large build
one stsam engine, one hose cart,
hose carriage, one hook ard lat
truck, three horses, 1,400 feet of